BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF COMPUTING ENGINEERING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

COURSEWORK ASSIGNMENT BRIEF
BNV6205 BID STRATEGY AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Coursework Assignment Brief

Assessment - Undergraduate

Academic Year 2023

Module Title: Bid Strategy and Professional Practice

Module Code: BNV6205

Task 2 Report:
Assessment Title:
Reflective Report
Assessment Type: CWK Weighting: 25 %

School: School of Engineering and the Built Environment

Module Co-ordinator: H.G.P. INDIRA

Hand in deadline date: Task 2: 8th October 2023

Re-assessment hand in Will be notified later.
deadline date: Note: the reassessment work may be different.

Support available for students

Timetabled support sessions will be arranged for the period immediately
required to submit a re-
preceding the hand-in date
assessment:

At the first assessment attempt, the full range of marks is available. At

NOTE: the re-assessment attempt the mark is capped and the maximum mark
that can be achieved is 40%.

Assessment Summary This final task will be a reflective work plan based on the work undertaken
and linked to your professional body requirements.

1 CEBE UG Assignment brief revised 03/08/2018

IMPORTANT STATEMENTS

Undergraduate Regulations

Your studies will be governed by the BCU Academic Regulations on Assessment, Progression and Awards.
Copies of regulations can be found at https://www.bcu.ac.uk/student-info/student-contract

For courses accredited by professional bodies such as the IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology)
there are some derogations from the standard regulations and these are detailed in the academic
regulations.

Cheating and Plagiarism

Both cheating and plagiarism are totally unacceptable and the University maintains a strict policy against
them. It is YOUR responsibility to be aware of this policy and to act accordingly. Please refer to the
Academic Registry Guidance at https://icity.bcu.ac.uk/Academic-Services/Information-for-
Students/Assessment/Avoiding-Allegations-of-Cheating

The basic principles are:

• Don’t pass off anyone else’s work as your own, including work from “essay banks”. This is plagiarism
and is viewed extremely seriously by the University.
• Don’t submit a piece of work in whole or in part that has already been submitted for assessment
elsewhere. This is called duplication and, like plagiarism, is viewed extremely seriously by the
University.
• Always acknowledge all of the sources that you have used in your coursework assignment or
project.
• If you are using the exact words of another person, always put them in quotation marks.
• Check that you know whether the coursework is to be produced individually or whether you can work
with others.
• If you are doing group work, be sure about what you are supposed to do on your own.
• Never make up or falsify data to prove your point.
• Never allow others to copy your work.
• Never lend disks, memory sticks or copies of your coursework to any other student in the University;
this may lead you being accused of collusion.

By submitting coursework, either physically or electronically, you are confirming that it is your own work (or,
in the case of a group submission, that it is the result of joint work undertaken by members of the group that
you represent) and that you have read and understand the University’s guidance on plagiarism and cheating.

You should be aware that coursework may be submitted to an electronic detection system in order to help
ascertain if any plagiarised material is present. You may check your own work prior to submission using
Turnitin at the Formative Moodle Site. If you have queries about what constitutes plagiarism, please speak
to your module tutor or the Centre for Academic Success.

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Electronic Submission of Work

It is your responsibility to ensure that work submitted in electronic format can be opened on a faculty
computer and to check that any electronic submissions have been successfully uploaded. If it cannot be
opened it will not be marked. Any required file formats will be specified in the assignment brief and failure to
comply with these submission requirements will result in work not being marked. You must retain a copy of
all electronic work you have submitted and re-submit if requested.

Learning Outcomes to be Assessed:

1 Critically evaluate and apply relevant academic theory to a practical environment and communicate
ideas to a specialist audience.

2 Appraise key issues and problems in complex construction situations and develop successful
strategies for dealing with issues in uncertain and ambiguous contexts

3 Prepare and present a construction tender for a proposed project in a commercial context

4 Develop a Personal Development Plan for your appropriate PSRB

Assessment Details:
Rationale:
As an UG QS and CM you will be expected to critically appraise your own professionalism via your reflective
work. You will demonstrate and develop the skill to communicate within standard tender documentation, create
your own tender documentation and present and defend your work to manage the complexity of a construction
the project. You will develop a clear understanding of the requirements of multiple stakeholders and their
differing roles within the project. As well as appreciate the importance of your role within a community
developing your citizenship.

Title: Task 2 Reflective Report

Style: Individual Reflective Report
Value: 25%

You must submit an individual reflective report. Guidance will be provided in class.
Focus on your own individual task and link these to your own professional body (CIOB or RICS competencies)
This should say your appreciation of the processes undertaken, your review of professional body membership
requirements for your route and a personal development plan to make you ready for professional membership.

Additional information:
The nature of this module and assessment lends itself to in class assistance each week.
Students should have access to relevant textbooks, any other recommended readings/links will be on Moodle.
Students are expected to conduct their own research in order complete this coursework. Own research
includes other secondary resources, in addition to textbooks and Moodle notes, journal articles and industry-
based articles

For advice on writing style, referencing and academic skills, please make use of the Centre for Academic
Success: https://icity.bcu.ac.uk/celt/centre-for-academic-success

Workload:
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The individual reflective work plan will be 1000 words
Typically, a student would be expected to take 10 hours to pass this assessment.

Transferable skills:
Critical Analysis, Programming, planning, Measurement and cost, Report Writing, Bid Preparation.
Presentation Skills, ethical engagement

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 Marking Criteria
Learning Outcomes (LO) 4

Assessment Task 2 will be assessed under this LO

Criteria
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Weighting: 25%
Grading Little or no discussion provided on experience throughout the module
Criteria

0 – 29%
F
30 – 39% Some discussion provided on the experience throughout the module but not reflective
E
40 – 49% Correct discussion on the experience on the module with some reflective account of the different
D activities.
50 – 59% A good submission with some evidence of reflection on the experience throughout the scenario
C but no links to bid strategy or tender preparation. To achieve the higher mark in this bracket, the
student needs to demonstrate wider appreciation of the project and the client’s needs.
60 – 69% A good reflective report but lacks analysis of the relevant exercises and the way forward.
B Indication of theory and critical thinking
70 – 79% Particularly good reflective report that analyses the different tasks undertaken throughout the
A module to demonstrate the learning journey with detailed link and analysis to academic theory.
80 – 89% Excellent reflective account using a suitable reflective model with emphasis on learning.
A+ Excellent awareness of professional body requirements, ease of analysis with link to academic
theory
90 – 100% Excellent reflective account using a suitable reflective model with emphasis on learning and a
A* plan including how best to approach a comparable situation in the future. Excellent awareness of
professional body requirements, excellent analysis with excellent link to academic theory

Submission Details:
Format:

Moodle submissions for the Task 2

Regulations:

• The minimum pass mark for a module is 40%

• Re-sit marks are capped at 40%

Full academic regulations are available for download using the link provided above in the IMPORTANT
STATEMENTS section

Late Penalties
If you submit an assessment late at the first attempt then you will be subject to one of the
following penalties:

• if the submission is made between 1 and 24 hours after the published deadline the
original mark awarded will be reduced by 5%. For example, a mark of 60% will be
reduced by 3% so that the mark that the student will receive is 57%. ;
• if the submission is made between 24 hours and one week (5 working days) after
the published deadline the original mark awarded will be reduced by 10%. For
example, a mark of 60% will be reduced by 6% so that the mark the student will
receive is 54%.

• if the submission is made after 5 days following the deadline, your work will be
deemed as a fail and returned to you unmarked.

The reduction in the mark will not be applied in the following two cases:

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 • the mark is below the pass mark for the assessment. In this case the mark achieved
by the student will stand
• where a deduction will reduce the mark from a pass to a failure. In this case the mark
awarded will be the threshold (i.e.40%)
Please note:
• If you submit a re-assessment late then it will be deemed as a failure and
returned to you unmarked.

Feedback:
Marks and Feedback on your work will normally be provided within 30 working days of its
submission deadline via Moodle.

Where to get help:

In class question and answers

Students can get additional support from the library for searching for information and finding
academic sources. See their iCity page for more information: http://libanswers.bcu.ac.uk/

The Centre for Academic Success offers 1:1 advice and feedback on academic writing,
referencing, study skills and maths/statistics/computing. See their iCity page for more information:
https://icity.bcu.ac.uk/celt/centre-for-academic-success

Additional assignment advice can be found here: Guides BY SUBJECT - LibGuides at Birmingham
City University (bcu.ac.uk)

Fit to Submit:
Are you ready to submit your assignment – review this assignment brief and consider whether you
have met the criteria. Use any checklists provided to ensure that you have done everything
needed.

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 Assignment Tip Sheet

Assignment Checklist
Run through this simple tick list before submitting your work!

Report
Well prepared materials make your work look more professional and easier to understand.
Item Action Done?
1 I have used the spellchecker and proofread the report correcting errors several times.
2 I have checked that all material is directly related to the assignment tasks.
3 I have checked that all the required information has been included in the report.
4 The report is professionally presented using consistent headings, fonts and layout.
5 All tables and images are numbered and captioned.
6 I have used the report structure specified in the assignment.
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Referencing and Originality

Your work will be subjected to checks to ensure it is not derivative of other works. Works found to be
derivative may leave you subject to penalties, including in extreme cases, expulsion from the University.

Item Action Done?

1 All images and tables are fully referenced
I have not copied any material from anywhere else. All sentences have been paraphrased into
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my own words.
3 All references appear in the references section at the end of the presentation.
4 All references are cited in the text in the form of (author, year). See
https://www.bcu.ac.uk/library/services-and-
support/referencing for more details.

5 If I have used quotes, these are fully referenced, appear in quotation marks and form only
a small part of my report.

Content
Is your work complete? Have you included all the required elements?
Item Action Done?

1 I have given an analysis of problem.

2 I have explained why I chose the strategic tools that I have used and used references to
support my decisions.

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